(Note: There are food vendors on-site or plan on brown-bagging your lunch.)

Guest Speaker: Peter Vichos

Peter Vichos is a third generation beekeeper from Kemptville, Ontario. Peter’s beekeeping history dates back to 1948 when his father started keeping bees for a living. Peter has been keeping bees since he was teenager, working with his father while learning the ropes of a successful beekeeping business.

In April of 1996 after quitting his job as an engineer, Peter purchased his first 400 colonies. At the same time he was also helping his father (who was in the process of retiring) run his 300 colonies. Peter now manages around 1,400 colonies.

Peter will be discussing the management techniques and skills he uses to manage his 1,400 colonies. He is not a migratory beekeeper, rather he keeps bees like most of us do. It has been said that Peter yields honey crops about 4 times our Vermont average.

Peter sells his honey in bulk to various honey packers across Canada, the U.S. and the EU.

Please join us for a wonderful day of learning as we listen to Peter Vichos’ experience as a commercial beekeeper.